A lovely insight to a poet I have admired for years; Tracy Ryan.
Interview with Tracy Ryan by Aaron Tilson-Brown
Tracy’s shared blog.
1. In a personal perspective on the subject, what does poetry mean to you?
For me, poetry is a way of making sense of the world, and of language. That’s both for reading and for writing it. Life would seem very much the poorer to me without it.
2. When did you first realise that poetry was the path you wanted to pursue?
I loved reading poetry from early childhood, but it wasn’t until about age 16 that it “clicked” for me as what I wanted to do. My school literature teacher took our class to see a “moved reading” of the poems that were set for the exam syllabus, both Australian and British poems. This was done by professional actors in a theatre in the city. I was so overwhelmed by the power of the performance of these…
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